Apparently some pit stop drama kept the excitement going in the meantime. Rarely do they show anything that happens from the time the teams hit the mat to when they start the next leg, but apparently some drama between the divorcees and the siblings was too good to pass up. This could get ugly. But that's what the race is all about, I think.
Off to La Paz, Bolivia. Once they arrive, they have to find the morning paper to find their next clue hidden in the classified ads. Well that sounds like it would be easier said than done. :)
Terence and Sarah just realized that all the other teams are out for themselves, and that this isn't a popularity contest and they need to compete against the other teams. HELLO?! If you're just now realizing this, you have NO right to be in this race. Seriously? What did you expect, the Miss Universe pageant?
La Paz is high altitude, so the endurance factor may be important here. Though how will that affect the airhead blondes? Only negatively, no doubt.
OK, so the classified ad says they need to go to a hat store and buy a hat. They also have made it very clear that you must hold on to your hat. (I presume this will be required at the pit stop or before.) I will guess with certainty that some team loses a hat and get some sort of penalty for it. Let's see.
Detour: Musical March or Bumpy Ride. Collect musicians and form a band, or ride a wooden bicycle and go down the cobblestone streets where you need to. U-Turn ahead, forcing a team to go back and do the other detour. Oh the advantage of being first here. Though if these teams are smart, they won't use the U-Turn. With this many teams, if you're in first you have no need to. One team took a cab when the rules specifically stated they couldn't. I sense another potential 30-minute penalty enforced at the magic carpet. Oops, they figured it out, and they're heading back to the start to do it on foot. They might have been better taking whatever penalty they were assessed.
Collecting a marching band along the way, awesome. If I were in this race, I'd have a hard time not choosing the musical march, even if I thought the bumpy ride were faster, which I think it is. But maybe not so much. That was a funny detour. The Divorcees are having a bumpy road on the bumpy ride, if only because they can't seem to ride a bike.
And the U-Turn, Starr wants to U-Turn the Divorcees, which by my estimation would effectively guarantee their elimination. But Nick disagrees, and they avoid it.
Mom and son managed to pass the divorcees in last place. Oh, but it's a roadblock. Fight a girl. HA. This is a stretch and kinda stupid. I don't care if it's cultural or whatever, it's dumb. ... I take that back, that was funny... once, but not any more than that.
Pit stop... Ken and Tina arrive first! This isn't much of an exciting finish. Except that I must have missed the fact that one of the other teams also took an illegal taxi to the detour. Mark and Bill incurred a 30-minute penalty, they were the second-to-last team to arrive, and due to the penalty they were eliminated from the race. I have to say, there have been a fair share of time penalties throughout the seasons of the race, often resulting in a loss of position, but I can't recall a previous time where the penalty directly resulted in elimination.
Next week should be interesting.
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